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APPARATUS FOB. DISTILLING. Y No. 4283.003.Y Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ap` paratus fordistilling; and it consists in the special construction Vand "arrangement of the parts of the said distilling' apparatus so as to obtain (a) a rapid circulation of the fluid or liquid or other matter under treatment through suitable pipes or tubes, so that the saidfluid or liquid is discharged in more or less finely divided or spray form onto a suitable sieve or perforated diaphragm7 whereby the said fluid or liquid ismstill further, subdivided while be-` ing acted 0n by superheated steam and under.

the employment` of continuous vacuum, (2),) a thorough and-perfect agitation of the said -iiuid or other matter under treatment wl 1ile the same is being acted on by superheated steainand in the presence of a continuous vacuum, so that an extremely rapid distillation is achieved at a low temperature, and so that mineral oils, chemicals, and other matters or substances can be distilled rapidly, economically, and at alower temperature than heretofore; (0,) a rapid distillation of alcohols andfother volatile fluids all the Afruity and natural iiavor, wli'ile the cmployment ofthe low temperature andthe continuous vacuum mentioned above enables me to produce pure alcohol or other pure distilled liquid or fluid, the fusel-oil or other matter less volatile than the product of distillation being ing insufficient to volatilize the same. Chemicals and other Amatters requiring low tempera-y tures can be more economically distilled by this process than by any other process known heretofore.

In order to obtain different products or proy ducts of different quality, I may also employ a system of condensers supplied with double walls or a water or `condensing jacket, which said water or other cooling iiuid is kept at different temperatures in the various condensers or cooling-vessels; but as this is not herein claimed, it is not illustrated.

In order that my said invention maybe more fully understood, I will now pro ceed to describe the same, reference being made to the accompanying drawings. l

Figure l is a vertical section ofthe apparatus on the' line A B in Fig; 2. Fig. 2 is ahorizoiital section on the line C D in Fig. l. Fig. '3 is a horizontal section on the lineE F in Fig. l, seen from below.

a is the interior space of the distilling appaeted, or other wise attached, in which said dome a continuous vacuum is maintained.

`The tube or pipe c is connected to the dome or tube is in connection with thevacuum chamber or cylinder.

d is a sieve or perforated diaphragm in the upper part of the apparatus ontowhich the of the atoms or particles, which said sieve rests on the upper projecting part of the flange to the ring e. The said ring e is so arranged that the inneredge is located lower than .the outer treated from boiling or'coolring over. i

c" c? e: e'L are circulating pipes or tubes which reach below the false bottom at the lower part of the apparatus and almost into the dome, at which said upper end the said tubes or pipes are bent over andprovided with a vsuitable rose, so as to spread the liquid or iiuid as much as possible.

f is a false bottoni provided with suitable iopenings, which said openings are provided with suitable valves, g, for closing the openings in the said false bottom, and thus compel the liquid or liu/id between the falsebottom and the'bottomof. the boiler to circulate in the pipes or tubes c et c e. rhese said valves are springs, h.; rlhe steam-coil i is arranged between the bottom and the false bottom f. The

siderably higher up, as shown in the accompanying drawings. The tube or pipe k,`for drawing off the liquid,passesthrough the false bottom f and reaches to the bottom of the apparatus, so as to draw off the entire contents of the apparatus.

edge or periphery, so as to prevent the iluids.

steam-supply pipe i for the coil islocated conratus, above which the vdome Z1 is screwed, rivd b by means of asuitable fiange,which said pipe particles from-the circulating tubes or pipes fall, `so as to create a still greater subdivision held in correct position by means of `suitable Z is Va tube or pipe for feeding the apparatus with material; ma like tube for withdrawing I dome, and pipes leading from the bottom of the material from the upper part of the appatus when desired.

n is a permanent thermometer; o, a thermometer tube or pipe, in whichathermometer can be inserted fortesting the heat in the fluid itself.

p is the furnace for heating the apparatus by direct re.

q are the recanals.

It is evident that the arrangement of the parts can be modified in various manners without departing from the tenor of my said invention.

Having now described my said invention and they manner in which the same is to or may be carried into eiiect, I wish it to be understood that what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A distilling-vessel provided with a dome' the still and discharging through roses `above the diaphragm, substantially as shown and described.

2. A distilling-vessel provided with a dome in which a continuous vacuum is maintained, y

a perforated diaphragm or sieve below said dome, pipes leading from the bottom of the still and discharging through roses above the diaphragm, and a steam-coil within said vessel, substantially as shown and described. v

3. The4 combination, substantiallyas shown and described, of the chamber a, having the dome b, in which a vacuum is constantly maintained, a sieve, d, pipes e e2 e3 e4, having rose ends, the false bottom f, provided with valves g, the steam-coil, and inlets and outlets, as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM FITZ-CHARLES MASON MCCARTY. Witnesses: A

EDWIN A. BRYnGEs, ANTHONY ,STEFFEN 

